Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SPOT, n. [D. spat, a spot, spavin, a pop-gun; spatten, to spot, to spatter; Dan. spette, a spot, and spet, a pecker; svart spet, a woodpecker. We see this word is of the family of spatter, and that the radical sense is to throw or thrust. A spot is made by spattering or sprinkling.]

1. A mark on a substance made by foreign matter; a speck; a blot; a place discolored. The least spot is visible on white paper.
2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish. See 1 Pet. i. 17. Eph. v.27. Yet Chloe sure was form'd without a spot. – Pope.
3. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place. The spot to which I point is paradise. – Milton. Fix'd to one spot. – Otway. So we say, a spot of ground, a spot of grass or flowers; meaning a place of small extent.
4. A place of a different color from the ground; as, the spots of a leopard.
5. A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak.
6. A dark place on the disk or face of the sun or of a planet.
7. A lucid place in the heavens. Upon the spot, immediately; before moving; without changing place. [So the French say, sur le champ.] It was determined upon the spot. – Swift.